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Donald Trump: “48,000 jobs, 48,000 people that gave their life for that…”

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Donald Trump delivers speech at rally in Texas

Published | Video Starts at 13:55

Crooked Joe Biden, but the head of it, they endorsed this guy. And he comes in and within two days he ended the whole project. And those people suffered greatly. 48,000 jobs, 48,000 people that gave their life for that [Keystone XL pipeline]. And they never really sort of recovered. That's what they wanted to do. I withdrew from the disastrous Paris Climate Accord, which is a ripoff. It sounds nice. (13:55–14:00)

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Claims 48,000 jobs were affected by the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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